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i was at a small breakfast lastly, 20 reporters with rubio. smart guy, smooth, impressive guy. i think he has a terrific terrific future. but i absolutely wouldn't take them this time for a couple of reasons. one is its for the subtext of your candidacy is that we shouldn't have elected a guy last time who have never been anything before and was two years out of the state legislature. and then you put on your ticket somebody who's never run anything and two years out of his state legislature. do you undercut yourself a little bit, number one? you know, because, i need, to me republicans their argument is that was a mistake, so we really sort of shouldn't do something remarkably similar there, but then there is the latino argument, you know, to me if republicans need help with cuba, we are to shut the election down. save a lot of money. [laughter] the idea of going after mexican-americans or dominicans or puerto ricans, with the cubans, i need to suck up to the irish. i'll take an englishman. [laughter] >> look, you're only talking that moving a couple points, and i think, i thi
i was at a small breakfast lastly, 20 reporters with rubio. smart guy, smooth, impressive guy. i think he has a terrific terrific future. but i absolutely wouldn't take them this time for a couple of reasons. one is its for the subtext of your candidacy is that we shouldn't have elected a guy last time who have never been anything before and was two years out of the state legislature. and then you put on your ticket somebody who's never run anything and two years out of his state legislature....
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the last four years to build a conservative movement, to get people involved in politics, like marco rubio, who jim helped early on in his primary i just think is going to be a great legacy. from a state point of view, we have lost one of our great champions. but he and debbie, jim and debbie have raised four wonderful children. they got great grandkids, and i know jim is looking forward to staying involved in pushing the conservative cause outside the body. he was an effective voice in the senate, whether you agreed with jim or not. he really did strongly and passionately advocate for his positions and did it very effectively. jim made the republican party, quite frankly, look inward and do some self-evaluation. conservatism is an asset, not a liability, as we try to govern this country in the 21st century. and i look forward to staying in touch with jim and to working with him at the heritage foundation to see what we can do to improve the fate of our country so we will not become greece. no one is more worried about this nation's unsustainable debt situation than senator demint. i've se
the last four years to build a conservative movement, to get people involved in politics, like marco rubio, who jim helped early on in his primary i just think is going to be a great legacy. from a state point of view, we have lost one of our great champions. but he and debbie, jim and debbie have raised four wonderful children. they got great grandkids, and i know jim is looking forward to staying involved in pushing the conservative cause outside the body. he was an effective voice in the...
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senator rubio? >> i want to use an example, just to see why this doesn't make sense to me. there may be a decade and a half ago the united states in cooperation with the government of honduras conducted an operation to capture a gentleman responsible for the murder of american agent. one was in the united states and a decade and a half later under the government the court system has been indicted for that operation of the united states and honduras was indicted in an operation conducted by the united states in conjunction with the government. sadly, his grandchildren, his daughter and husband were murdered in honduras about four months ago and he has three grandchildren who have applied for a tourist visa to enter the united states and visit their grandfather and were quite frankly treated every ridley of the consulate. but raul's daughter is operating in the streets of america and obviously i hope that will be reconsidered. it's not a topic of this hearing and you didn't think that this session, but my point is i don't get it how three children who want to visit their gran
senator rubio? >> i want to use an example, just to see why this doesn't make sense to me. there may be a decade and a half ago the united states in cooperation with the government of honduras conducted an operation to capture a gentleman responsible for the murder of american agent. one was in the united states and a decade and a half later under the government the court system has been indicted for that operation of the united states and honduras was indicted in an operation conducted...
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in the florida senate race the last time, or the party that recruits somebody, rubio comes in, there's a grassroots eruption, and i think leaders have taken a step back and say we're going to let the primary voters decide. it's tough deciding where you get involved, where you don't get involved, what role you take publicly and everything else. and the fact of the matter is that the political establishment in this country in both parties, what have they done for the average guy over the last ten years? two wars that didn't go according to plan, an economic meltdown, real wages down. this is a revolt not as much right and left as it is against the political establishment which just hasn't delivered. and so when the establishment comes down and picks a candidate now, you need to be very careful. it wasn't quite like that in the 2000, 2002 cycles when i held it. but i was very proactive and unapologetic about it. >> i would agree with tom, and i'll cite one example because it's far enough in the past that i don't think it's going to cause anybody any problems. there was a race in northern
in the florida senate race the last time, or the party that recruits somebody, rubio comes in, there's a grassroots eruption, and i think leaders have taken a step back and say we're going to let the primary voters decide. it's tough deciding where you get involved, where you don't get involved, what role you take publicly and everything else. and the fact of the matter is that the political establishment in this country in both parties, what have they done for the average guy over the last ten...
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i agree with what senator rubio said. at some point we have to work to get the opposition better organized. we have come a long way in a gear, having brought up in a country where assad did not allow any opposition to take shape, but at some point we simply have to say, we are going to help them. we are going to give them weapons to defend themselves and that will make them stronger and more organized. >> wait a minute, we are going to give them to the u.s.? >> we in the rest of our allies. it's a lot of willingness to be involved but no boots on the ground. and frankly in our direct conversations with the political and military leaders of the syrian opposition, really what they ask for effectively all they ask for is weapons. gives the weapons to defend ourselves. we are not going to give up but we will not be able to bring down assad unless the rest of the world helps is. >> us. >> above talked about the link between syria and iran and i want to pick up a phrase from your speech senator. you said if all else fails preve
i agree with what senator rubio said. at some point we have to work to get the opposition better organized. we have come a long way in a gear, having brought up in a country where assad did not allow any opposition to take shape, but at some point we simply have to say, we are going to help them. we are going to give them weapons to defend themselves and that will make them stronger and more organized. >> wait a minute, we are going to give them to the u.s.? >> we in the rest of our...
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. >> there you are referring to florida senator marco rubio. >> exactly. there are other choices mitt romney is going to look at. governor of nevada or ryan sandoval and the governor of new mexico in martina's, republican campaign figure raised that a week ago. period winning governor from a full state. >> when you were speaking a moment ago about potential -- hispanic population to change the conversation in 2012 election. i was struck that the assumption is the black vote goes to president obama. >> the black vote will go by the same percentages or numbers as last time. the name trey don martin comes up, and we will have some discussion. in 2010, a disaster all across the country. and in such dramatic numbers, it dropped off. that means young voters -- younger voters like hispanics and asians in the african-american population, 2-1 in the group's, that will turn out. now that we see a sharper focus. the washington post had a front-page piece that move beyond trayvon martin where we see sharp divisions on racial questions. it is going to raise a profile o
. >> there you are referring to florida senator marco rubio. >> exactly. there are other choices mitt romney is going to look at. governor of nevada or ryan sandoval and the governor of new mexico in martina's, republican campaign figure raised that a week ago. period winning governor from a full state. >> when you were speaking a moment ago about potential -- hispanic population to change the conversation in 2012 election. i was struck that the assumption is the black vote...
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rubio. >> good afternoon to all of you. i am strobe talbott and it's my great pleasure to welcome you all here to brookings today and a particular welcome to those of us who are going to be viewing this event on our webcast. we have got a lot of other media here as well which of course is a great complement to our two guests of honor. we are also especially pleased to have five distinguished members of the diplomatic corps here today as well as for brookings trustees and it's always an honor to have a member of the senate come down from the hill to think-tank row, so it's a double honor when we get to senators. and the fact that they represented different parties testifies to their bipartisanship, which is a rare but not endangered commodity in this city today, one that we here at workings do our best to foster and protect. senator marco rubio is a member of the senate foreign relations committee. he is a member of the select committee on intelligence and he's has already established himself as a vigorous advocate of an int
rubio. >> good afternoon to all of you. i am strobe talbott and it's my great pleasure to welcome you all here to brookings today and a particular welcome to those of us who are going to be viewing this event on our webcast. we have got a lot of other media here as well which of course is a great complement to our two guests of honor. we are also especially pleased to have five distinguished members of the diplomatic corps here today as well as for brookings trustees and it's always an...
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and i'm glad you and senator warner and senator coons and senator rubio are leading this effort. i'm glad to join you in it and glad to be here on the floor with you today. mr. moran: very much appreciate the senator from missouri, his remarks but his sponsorship of this legislation. let me highlight something he pointed out which is in the short time that those of us on the floor today have been in the united states senate, about 14 months, seven countries have adopted new laws to attract entrepreneurs. we have not. listen to this fact: a recent report from the world bank shows america has slipped in the rankings in terms of start-up friendliness from first to 13th. this is about whether it's provisions in here about visas for those who are foreign born, this is very much about american jobs. this is about the opportunity for someone to start a company here and hire americans and if you happen to be someone who is foreign born but highly educated in science, technology and engineering and entrepreneurial with money who wants to invest in the u.s. economy and agree to put people
and i'm glad you and senator warner and senator coons and senator rubio are leading this effort. i'm glad to join you in it and glad to be here on the floor with you today. mr. moran: very much appreciate the senator from missouri, his remarks but his sponsorship of this legislation. let me highlight something he pointed out which is in the short time that those of us on the floor today have been in the united states senate, about 14 months, seven countries have adopted new laws to attract...
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senator marco rubio is former florida house speaker marco rubio. and i think everyone in this room understands why this effort is so important. we know that this is the fastest growing sethment and that we have to increase our share of the hispanic vote but i want to highlight a few key data points in that regard. in 2000 george w. bush got 55% of the white vote in this country and the election was a dead-heat, a 50-50 split decided by a few hundred votes here in florida as some of us remember very well like it was yesterday in some cases. eight years later, john mccain got 55% of the white vote and lost to barack obama by seven percent an points. of that drop-off was due to the fact that the hispanic vote declined from 13 % points, from 44% that george w. bush got in his re-election in 2004 to only 31% for senator mccain just four years later. but here's the point we need to think about. in 2020 only two presidential election cycles away, not far in this span of political time, if the republican nominee for president gets the same percentage of th
senator marco rubio is former florida house speaker marco rubio. and i think everyone in this room understands why this effort is so important. we know that this is the fastest growing sethment and that we have to increase our share of the hispanic vote but i want to highlight a few key data points in that regard. in 2000 george w. bush got 55% of the white vote in this country and the election was a dead-heat, a 50-50 split decided by a few hundred votes here in florida as some of us remember...
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portland, rubio and others are going to have a play. i think though the format from he was granted to someone going back to the early plan that's consistent with the overall thrust of his administration with the administration would look like, serious, dedicated, understands the mechanics of government and how it works that tends to lend itself to rob portman whose budget management omb director and member of the legislature again being of the state level bringing that experience. so he's going to take his time. he has a nice crop of folks. i don't believe that we hispanic card lets play this card or that card. i think that isn't his style. his style is going to be much more collaborative and serious and so, that's kind of how i see it right now. >> host: republican colored in virginia. good morning. >> caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call [inaudible] i would like to offer my comment a response to the comment that was just made and what i feel i am concerned about. what i am concerned about is i am a veteran. i'm concerned
portland, rubio and others are going to have a play. i think though the format from he was granted to someone going back to the early plan that's consistent with the overall thrust of his administration with the administration would look like, serious, dedicated, understands the mechanics of government and how it works that tends to lend itself to rob portman whose budget management omb director and member of the legislature again being of the state level bringing that experience. so he's going...
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-- marco rubio. he spoke about immigration policy and called government bureaucracy the single greatest contributor to illegal immigration. he made these remarks at a recent conference at the national association of latino elected and appointed officials held in florida just outside of orlando. this 20-minute event begins with an introduction by former u.s. florida senator mel martinez. [applause] >> thank you very much. what a great honor it is for me to be with you again. i am one of those who from time to time has had the privilege to speak to you at your conferences, and i know that this is an ever-growing and ever more important group, so i'm delighted to be here with you today. my job today is to introduce to you someone that i think should be a great source of pride to all of us. so marco rubio, an american son, and that's the cover and the title of his new book that's come out. and i think if you picked up his book and you read it, you would understand that he is absolutely one of us. and why
-- marco rubio. he spoke about immigration policy and called government bureaucracy the single greatest contributor to illegal immigration. he made these remarks at a recent conference at the national association of latino elected and appointed officials held in florida just outside of orlando. this 20-minute event begins with an introduction by former u.s. florida senator mel martinez. [applause] >> thank you very much. what a great honor it is for me to be with you again. i am one of...
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in other words, marco rubio was a mainstream republican candidate. he had an appeal for the republican base, to the conservatives and yet to the cuban-americans and yet to be is panicked that he is not a niche candidate and he is not burdened by being put into a drawer where what he has is the latino candidate. i think you can say the same thing for susanna martinez who is also a star within the republican party with brian sandoval and some of the congressional folks that were elected like raul -- who would have ever thought there could've been a mormon puerto rican elected out of idaho of all places? it's not because he ran -- obviously that is not a hispanic district. he is not a niche has been out or latino candidate. he is a mainstream republican candidate. we have given them the freedom to be able to do that and we have been able to develop stars and can use that as a platform. i think that is very encouraging and i don't agree with all of the policies but i see it as something that is healthy and wholesome to our democratic system. >> can i jus
in other words, marco rubio was a mainstream republican candidate. he had an appeal for the republican base, to the conservatives and yet to the cuban-americans and yet to be is panicked that he is not a niche candidate and he is not burdened by being put into a drawer where what he has is the latino candidate. i think you can say the same thing for susanna martinez who is also a star within the republican party with brian sandoval and some of the congressional folks that were elected like raul...
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to have seen with it and it didn't come any difference, we will now, we can speculate whether marco rubio had been on the ticket. i just think -- >> a cuban on the ticket and that's like saying i'm going to suck up to the irish book are allocated englishmen. [laughter] >> for this reason. it would have a lease conveyed the sense of a broader republican party. i mean, yeah, it's true isn't it, that paul ryan look like one of mitrani's kids? right? didn't convey a sense of diversity. republicans are knee-jerk inherently opposed to diversity. that is actually the case. that's kind of one of the republicans, platform. it's not platform but republicans have a knee-jerk reaction to the. those multicultural imposing diversity on this? no way. i think the party, it needs a different look, doesn't? different spokesman, different people out there. so you're right, cubans and mexican-americans and puerto ricans. but i think they need to present a different look. >> sarah palin? in the back. >> good morning. eric schultz, among the political phenomenons that intrigues me the most i think ticket split
to have seen with it and it didn't come any difference, we will now, we can speculate whether marco rubio had been on the ticket. i just think -- >> a cuban on the ticket and that's like saying i'm going to suck up to the irish book are allocated englishmen. [laughter] >> for this reason. it would have a lease conveyed the sense of a broader republican party. i mean, yeah, it's true isn't it, that paul ryan look like one of mitrani's kids? right? didn't convey a sense of diversity....
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rubio: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rubio: we're in morning business? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. rubio: there are millions of people mourning the loss of a singer by the name of jenni rivera who was a huge star particularly in latin america. she died yesterday evening in a plane crash in northern mexico. jenni was a real american success story. she was born in california to immigrants from mexico. started working at her father's small record label in long beach, california, recorded from there there, made a number of top hits, she was recently in florida to receive a billboard aand performed at the the billboard awards. my mom was a huge fan of hers, also kind of equivalent "the voice" in mexico on the telemunddo network. she was a singer in a genre dominated by males. burr she sung frankly about her struggles to give her children a better life in this country. so her death is a real tragedy at a young age, and i know there are millions of people acro
rubio: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rubio: we're in morning business? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. rubio: there are millions of people mourning the loss of a singer by the name of jenni rivera who was a huge star particularly in latin america. she died yesterday evening in a plane crash in northern mexico. jenni was a real american success story. she was born in california to immigrants from...
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we senator marco rubio. we have brian sandoval and nevada. the sky at the least for to know in puerto rico. and short of a nuclear meltdown, we're going to have ted cruz and texas. i think this success has been to they are not niche candidate. in other words, mark rubio was a mainstream republican candidate. he had to repost the republican base, there it is coming is to cuban hispanics that is not a niche candidate and he is not burdened by being put into retort for what he is is the latino candidate. you can say the same thing for cruzan immersed in a brian sandoval sacral labrador. who would've thunk there could've been a mormon puerto rican arrested at an idaho of all places? and it's not because that's in hispanic district. he's not a niche, nearly paid hispanic or latino candidate. he is a mainstream republican candidate. we've given them the freedom to deal to do that and we've been able to develop stars they can use that as a platform. i think that's very encouraging and i don't agree with all the policy, but i see it as something that
we senator marco rubio. we have brian sandoval and nevada. the sky at the least for to know in puerto rico. and short of a nuclear meltdown, we're going to have ted cruz and texas. i think this success has been to they are not niche candidate. in other words, mark rubio was a mainstream republican candidate. he had to repost the republican base, there it is coming is to cuban hispanics that is not a niche candidate and he is not burdened by being put into retort for what he is is the latino...
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i certainly believe what senator rubio said. i am very truthful in these things. but, you know, the day that we reported him out of the committee unanimously, we cleared with every single democrat, every single democratic senator in this chamber ready to go forward with a vote. the only place we had was the rejection on the republican side. that's gone on for four months. so i hope we get this cloture vote and the senate is finally allowed to vote to confirm this nomination. so i again urge senate republicans to stop the destruct ive delays that plagued the confirmation process. the american people deserve federal courts ready to serve them. not empty benches, not long delays, not partisan games. mr. president, i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum, and i ask consent that the time be equally divided. the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:
i certainly believe what senator rubio said. i am very truthful in these things. but, you know, the day that we reported him out of the committee unanimously, we cleared with every single democrat, every single democratic senator in this chamber ready to go forward with a vote. the only place we had was the rejection on the republican side. that's gone on for four months. so i hope we get this cloture vote and the senate is finally allowed to vote to confirm this nomination. so i again urge...
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what would you like to ask senator rubio? [laughter] >> are you still doing this shit? [laughter] spent ask him a real question. i decline. [laughter] >> okay. last night talked about a new direction. one of the things that you talk about is -- [inaudible] and how to mike higher education in how to reform programs be the number one thing you would do, you can do as a freshman minority speakers i don't think there's a number one thing. there's a number of things. we got to get them all. the biggest obstacle we face in the 21st century doesn't look like the 21st century. not just in a jewel to graduate high school. still continues to be a significant part of folks that are going into college but it's also the 38 year old who decided to go back to school and get a degree. that was my sister. it's also the 25 year old that's after 10 years of being out of high school has been stuck in a service area jobs and deciding they want to empower themselves to that greatness is that technological advance our not only going to lower the time and costs of getting that kind of skill ac
what would you like to ask senator rubio? [laughter] >> are you still doing this shit? [laughter] spent ask him a real question. i decline. [laughter] >> okay. last night talked about a new direction. one of the things that you talk about is -- [inaudible] and how to mike higher education in how to reform programs be the number one thing you would do, you can do as a freshman minority speakers i don't think there's a number one thing. there's a number of things. we got to get them...
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senator ted cruz, we've got a hero in marco rubio that is leading this fight. we've got governor martinez in new mexico. we've got brian sandoval, governor in nevada. these are people who are leaders in our party right now, right now. so they connect with what our beliefs are. they generally connect what our police are but this issue of immigration i believe in the last eight to 10 years has become third world politics in our party. where you don't want to talk about it. when mitt romney got into debates about immigration it was like very awkward but he's like what i do with my hands, you know? we've got to talk about. that's what marco rubio leads the charge of every time he talks about anything he talks to immigration, and that is what our party needs to talk about. it's an issue we can't avoid. >> we're going to go to the audience here. just a couple ground close to ask that you wait for a microphone to come around. and that you state your question in the form of a question. so we have a question right here and then we'll go there next. >> hi. outlooks from
senator ted cruz, we've got a hero in marco rubio that is leading this fight. we've got governor martinez in new mexico. we've got brian sandoval, governor in nevada. these are people who are leaders in our party right now, right now. so they connect with what our beliefs are. they generally connect what our police are but this issue of immigration i believe in the last eight to 10 years has become third world politics in our party. where you don't want to talk about it. when mitt romney got...
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rubio: thank you, mr. president. it's good to be back, good to be back at work here in washington, d.c. we have the big state of the union which is the beginning of the legislative year. we look forward to the accomplishments that we will have together both in this chamber and in this building in the coming year. as we prepare for the state of the union, i think it's a good time to reflect on where we are as a nation and where we hope to be and where we have been. i think all of us can look back at the 20th century and say it was truly the american century. i was blessed to be born in that century and to be the beneficiary of so much of america's greatness. i think those of us who have been the beneficiaries of america's past have an obligation, especially those of us who serve here to be defenders of america's greatness in the future, and i think that at the core of everything we debate today are these issues about america's future and how we make the 21st century an american century as well. now, we examine some of
rubio: thank you, mr. president. it's good to be back, good to be back at work here in washington, d.c. we have the big state of the union which is the beginning of the legislative year. we look forward to the accomplishments that we will have together both in this chamber and in this building in the coming year. as we prepare for the state of the union, i think it's a good time to reflect on where we are as a nation and where we hope to be and where we have been. i think all of us can look...
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i think marco rubio would be wonderful hispanic version of ronald reagan. >> let me quickly on the h-1b, i think the problem with the frustration sometimes is not necessarily -- i know there can be a problem with the processing but it's with a cap. h-1b is what, right now 60, 65? again we need more than 65,000 people with advanced degrees? absolutely said that is the problem. let me defend the migration services for a minute now because i've served for 60 years there. the processing of adjustment of status to green cards and permanent naturalization positions are actually being processed right now fairly quickly in less than six months. but i think a lot of the problem right now is what me quickly address this issue part of immigration discussion and part of what the anti-immigrant wanted to do was to scare republicans by saying what he knows will never be republican and i heard some other comments because it is such early that i hear so many times about latinos they are under the latino community latinos are extremely entrepreneurial. they are opening businesses three times as fast a
i think marco rubio would be wonderful hispanic version of ronald reagan. >> let me quickly on the h-1b, i think the problem with the frustration sometimes is not necessarily -- i know there can be a problem with the processing but it's with a cap. h-1b is what, right now 60, 65? again we need more than 65,000 people with advanced degrees? absolutely said that is the problem. let me defend the migration services for a minute now because i've served for 60 years there. the processing of...
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senators brownback, former senator brownback, cardin, casey, kennedy, lieberman and rubio have all been part of a joint effort to deal with these political prisoners. sadly, there is no shortage of political prisoners in this world. they link wish in horrible prisons in places like iran and north korea. today i want to focus on a number of them, and i preface my remarks by apologizing for mispronouncing names. some of these are extremely difficult names for an american to pronounce, particularly one from the midwest. i suppose one might start typically with the most outrageous case but tragically all of the cases that i'll speak to fit that definition. let me start with the heartbreaking case from six years ago, that of gambian journalist ambrima manneh. he was a reporter for the local newspaper where he allegedly was detained by plain-clothed gambian security officials. he was held incommunicado for many years, although he was seen in the early years of his detention by witnesses in at least one detention facility and hospital. no one has seen him for years. it's possible he died in cu
senators brownback, former senator brownback, cardin, casey, kennedy, lieberman and rubio have all been part of a joint effort to deal with these political prisoners. sadly, there is no shortage of political prisoners in this world. they link wish in horrible prisons in places like iran and north korea. today i want to focus on a number of them, and i preface my remarks by apologizing for mispronouncing names. some of these are extremely difficult names for an american to pronounce,...
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my thanks to senators gillibrand and rubio for their efforts to
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let me thank senator marco rubio. some of my colleagues criticized him for what he said about the dream act. i haven't. i'm glad he's trying. i need -- i need republican votes to break the republican filibuster on the dream act. marco rubio came to my office and offered a good-faith effort to do it, and i told him i'll stand by him. i think what you're trying to achieve is not what i want completely, but it's on the path to that goal. let's work on it together. and he tried, and i salute him for trying. i hope he'll try again. so i look at the situation in this country today on immigration and wonder can this congress come together on a bipartisan basis and even honestly debate the issue? that's a challenge we should face because the problem is out there. the other day my friend -- and he is my friend -- senator mccain of arizona came to the floor and talked about border problems in arizona. it is a legitimate concern in his state and the border states. but i also would call to his attention an article i read this mor
let me thank senator marco rubio. some of my colleagues criticized him for what he said about the dream act. i haven't. i'm glad he's trying. i need -- i need republican votes to break the republican filibuster on the dream act. marco rubio came to my office and offered a good-faith effort to do it, and i told him i'll stand by him. i think what you're trying to achieve is not what i want completely, but it's on the path to that goal. let's work on it together. and he tried, and i salute him...
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a bill sponsored by senator biden and senator rubio does this in an aggressive way. i think there are a lot of people who are behind that agenda who take heart from this. >> one thing we talked about before is whether or not things the would get done in the second term economics, they would only get done if they are tied to some of the budget battles. we were talking about that previously in terms of the pell grants. is that true for the policies the president wants to enact will they only get done if they are part of somehow tied to these budget sites we are having? >> i don't think that's true. i think it is the last couple of years but if you look at one area of legislation which seems to have some behind it that isn't related to the budget deal - we are going to see that move in the first part of 2013. it does have a significant economic impact and it indicates if we bring 11 million into the real economy, that it could boost growth by 1.5 trillion over the next ten years. and that would be, you know, roughly about 1% of growth that we could have over that period
a bill sponsored by senator biden and senator rubio does this in an aggressive way. i think there are a lot of people who are behind that agenda who take heart from this. >> one thing we talked about before is whether or not things the would get done in the second term economics, they would only get done if they are tied to some of the budget battles. we were talking about that previously in terms of the pell grants. is that true for the policies the president wants to enact will they...
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the rubio approach is not good news for workers across america. it is no help when it comes to women across america facing wage discrimination. this isn't the first time or the only time that we've had these battles on gender equity on the floor of the senate, on a question of whether or not we're going to have basic funding for health care for women across america, title 10. for over 40 years, we've been committed to that and yet we fae the elimination of title 10 funding from the republican leadership. in the past, in fact, they threatened to shut down the government rather than provide this health care that women ne need. i also think that many can remember on the floor here when senator blunt of missouri just a few weeks back filed an amendmet to the transportation bill -- te transportation bil bill -- allowing any employer or insurance company to deny health insurance for any essential or preventive health care service that the employer objected to because of his undefined religious or moral convictions. for any reason, to deny health coverag
the rubio approach is not good news for workers across america. it is no help when it comes to women across america facing wage discrimination. this isn't the first time or the only time that we've had these battles on gender equity on the floor of the senate, on a question of whether or not we're going to have basic funding for health care for women across america, title 10. for over 40 years, we've been committed to that and yet we fae the elimination of title 10 funding from the republican...
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we elected marco rubio to the u.s. senate and sent a hard-charging lieutenant colonel named allen west to the united states congress. [applause] i want to recognize the seniors today. you're our national heritage. you worked and built this country with your blood, your sweat and your tears. and after the sacrifices you made, we can't let you down, and we must restore america to the greatness you created and keep it there. and i want to recognize all of our veterans and veterans' families, and i'm going to ask you to stand up and be recognized. [applause] let there be no doubt, you are our nation's heros. you know, this is still the greatest country on the planet. america is the world's last true global military power and protecter of freedom and democracy. and our fine military today is composed of the very absolute best young soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines of anywhere in the world. and washington must understand their mission and support them fully so that they can win and survive in battle. as americans you ne
we elected marco rubio to the u.s. senate and sent a hard-charging lieutenant colonel named allen west to the united states congress. [applause] i want to recognize the seniors today. you're our national heritage. you worked and built this country with your blood, your sweat and your tears. and after the sacrifices you made, we can't let you down, and we must restore america to the greatness you created and keep it there. and i want to recognize all of our veterans and veterans' families, and...
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i want to salute senator marco rubio of florida. he's a new republican congressman, conservative, who took a look at this issue and said this isn't an immigration issue. this is a humanitarian issue. we should offer these young people a chance, a chance to earn their way into legal status. he's right. and he remembered that when 600,000 cubans left to come to america to escape castro's regime, it wasn't the immigration system that welcomed them, it was the humanitarian effort by the united states to allow them to find a home. and what a difference they've made. a positive difference in this country. not just in florida but all over the country. look at marco rubio, who represents florida in the united states senate. it was his father or grandfather who made it here because of that humanitarian gesture. he and i and many others are working now to try to find bipartisan way to put this together again. i've come to the floor countless times, dozens of times, to try to ask my colleagues to think about this issue and in real human terms.
i want to salute senator marco rubio of florida. he's a new republican congressman, conservative, who took a look at this issue and said this isn't an immigration issue. this is a humanitarian issue. we should offer these young people a chance, a chance to earn their way into legal status. he's right. and he remembered that when 600,000 cubans left to come to america to escape castro's regime, it wasn't the immigration system that welcomed them, it was the humanitarian effort by the united...
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and now i will turn it over to senator marco rubio from florida. >> thank you for the opportunity to talk for a few moments. first of all, and very proud to state of florida has taken the lead on challenging the constitutionality. we are hopeful the supreme court will see the way we do that this violate constitutional principles, particularly in terms of what the role of federal government should play. we don't know exactly how the case will turn out, although we are hopeful the turnout in the side of constitution. but we don't obamacare has been a disaster for american financial. there is no doubt that our country has to be confronted. this is the wrong way to confront. this is the way that undermines and takes away the ability of our economy to grow and prosper. there are thousands upon thousands of small businesses across the country that are free to grow and hire new people because they have no idea how the law will impact them. so we know for them it is a bad idea. other americans are beginning to lose existing health care coverage, breaking a promise made by the advocates and a
and now i will turn it over to senator marco rubio from florida. >> thank you for the opportunity to talk for a few moments. first of all, and very proud to state of florida has taken the lead on challenging the constitutionality. we are hopeful the supreme court will see the way we do that this violate constitutional principles, particularly in terms of what the role of federal government should play. we don't know exactly how the case will turn out, although we are hopeful the turnout...
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will show you speeches from some of the politicians considered first we will hear from senator marco rubio who over the weekend spoke at a las vegas elementary school. ♪ ♪ ♪ thank you. thank you. thank you. you will tell me if they make funny faces behind my back, right? all right. thank you for having me. i'm glad to be back. sorry it's so warm to the always love coming here in the winter. [laughter] i went to school here from third grade to fifth grade but here's the good news. the good news is the office is an open today's of the press can't check my record. [laughter] but i won the marbles champion shipwright out there in that front lawn. so that, right there, will number one was my third, my fourth grade class. >> [inaudible] >> you did? good. don't tell any secrets. well, i was the champion of marbles. and then right outside on the other side was my fifth grade class and right in here we did our assemblies and i think they still do that. in fact i remember being in this room the day the hostages came home from iran. remember the whole yellow ribbon? we had a really good preside
will show you speeches from some of the politicians considered first we will hear from senator marco rubio who over the weekend spoke at a las vegas elementary school. ♪ ♪ ♪ thank you. thank you. thank you. you will tell me if they make funny faces behind my back, right? all right. thank you for having me. i'm glad to be back. sorry it's so warm to the always love coming here in the winter. [laughter] i went to school here from third grade to fifth grade but here's the good news. the good...
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of members of congress, senator grassley, senator burr, senator hagan, senator bill nelson, senator rubio, in writing to the secretary secretary of defense panetta to request the release of government records regarding the contamination of drinking water that occurred over several decades at camp lejeune marine base. the the drinking water contamine anything at camp lejeune was one of the worst environmental disasters in american history to occur in the domestic department of defense installation. unfortunately, the department of defense initially refused to provide the support and information to the congress. but i'm pleased to report that i've pursued it further with secretary panetta, the department finally provided more than 8,500 files about this issue to the judiciary committee on july 9. i commend secretary panetta for accommodating the committee's request for this information. while i believe that much more transparency is needed, i believe it as a united states senator, i believe it as one who believes in transparency. i also believe it as a father of a marine. today, thousands o
of members of congress, senator grassley, senator burr, senator hagan, senator bill nelson, senator rubio, in writing to the secretary secretary of defense panetta to request the release of government records regarding the contamination of drinking water that occurred over several decades at camp lejeune marine base. the the drinking water contamine anything at camp lejeune was one of the worst environmental disasters in american history to occur in the domestic department of defense...
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they're trying to get people like marco rubio, like myself. he decided by executive order to do something they had no authority to do. and he decided to do something like that, and instead of advancing the ball on immigration, what he did is he poisoned the well so we wouldn't be willing to work on immigration reform. if you think about it, the only reason we didn't have immigration reform during the bush administration is because two gentlemen, rahm emanuel in the house and barack obama in the senate decided to vote for an amendment to the immigration bills that actually help the union. they were backed by the unions, and they decided that they would poison the well by voting for those amendments that killed immigration reform. nobody talks about that in the immediate, but it was liberal labor unions and those barack obama in the senate who decided to poison the well. he did it again this time, and i think as republicans we have to be smarter than we have been on this issue in the past. we have to look past the easy of the other side and find
they're trying to get people like marco rubio, like myself. he decided by executive order to do something they had no authority to do. and he decided to do something like that, and instead of advancing the ball on immigration, what he did is he poisoned the well so we wouldn't be willing to work on immigration reform. if you think about it, the only reason we didn't have immigration reform during the bush administration is because two gentlemen, rahm emanuel in the house and barack obama in the...
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and senator mccain and i and cornyn and ayotte and rubio and graham and some others have introduced legislation to say here's how we would do it. if somebody has a different way of looking at it, tell us, and i'll tell you the way we would do it. you can save $100 billion by just doing two things. when people leave government employment, instead of hiring somebody to replace them, we would hire two people for every three that leave. the bowles-simpson commission says only hire one for every three that hraoefplt so we're being a -- that leave. we're being a lot more liberal than bowles-simpson. we say every time people leave the government, let's only hire two back. i bet we can get by as a country doing that. the other thing is the president froze increases in federal salaries, and we would simply extend that freeze through the middle of 2014. there are other ways to do it. there are hundreds of billions of dollars to be saved. if you've got a better idea, we're all for it. but at least come up with something, and don't be afraid to vote on things. the american people are pretty smart. they get
and senator mccain and i and cornyn and ayotte and rubio and graham and some others have introduced legislation to say here's how we would do it. if somebody has a different way of looking at it, tell us, and i'll tell you the way we would do it. you can save $100 billion by just doing two things. when people leave government employment, instead of hiring somebody to replace them, we would hire two people for every three that leave. the bowles-simpson commission says only hire one for every...
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romney campaign says the former governor will be >> deuced athe convention by florida senator marco rubio. also checking on the political campaigns are traveling today. president obama is in iowa the second day of the bus tour of the state. mitt romney is wrapping up his bus tour making three stops in ohio today. vice president biden campaigning in southern virginia. we have live coverage on c-span. paul ryan will be in colorado and nevada. >>> in response to the nuclear meltdown at the music fukushima the nuclear regulatory commission introduced power generations in american power plants. the in june they held a discussion looking at the safety of 9/11. during the event we hear from the head of the nuclear energy substitute wells a investigative journalist who covers energy issues. ♪ ♪ great to see you here. i'm delighted to be here with the gust to talk about nuclear power in california and beyond. welcome to the commonwealth club. today we're talking about the future of nuclear power in america. for the first time in thirty powers, new nuclear plants are under construction two reac
romney campaign says the former governor will be >> deuced athe convention by florida senator marco rubio. also checking on the political campaigns are traveling today. president obama is in iowa the second day of the bus tour of the state. mitt romney is wrapping up his bus tour making three stops in ohio today. vice president biden campaigning in southern virginia. we have live coverage on c-span. paul ryan will be in colorado and nevada. >>> in response to the nuclear meltdown...
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i was told that my colleague, senator mark rubio from florida had been there a few days before. i know senator bill nelson spent time there with his wife, making the right contacts. but for those in the senate and the house of both political parties who are looking for an opportunity to see where a small amount of american taxpayer dollars are making a huge difference in the lives of some of the poorest people in the western hemisphere, that hour and a half trip from my my to haiti is worth your time -- from my my to haiti is worth your time. i ask unanimous consent the senate be asked to join the committee to escort the president of the united states into the house chamber for a joint session to be held tonight at 9:00 p.m. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. chambliss mr. isakson: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes, we are. mr. isakson: i ask that the quorum call be
i was told that my colleague, senator mark rubio from florida had been there a few days before. i know senator bill nelson spent time there with his wife, making the right contacts. but for those in the senate and the house of both political parties who are looking for an opportunity to see where a small amount of american taxpayer dollars are making a huge difference in the lives of some of the poorest people in the western hemisphere, that hour and a half trip from my my to haiti is worth...
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. >> host: what would happen if brian williams went to marco rubio and said you have to run for president because this country is such a mess but we found out about it? >> guest: he would survive because of the blogosphere. people go crazy. he would be fancy novice mode anchor, but a complete and utter partisan figure. the reason that happened was vietnam tour country apart and away afghanistan and iraq almost did but didn't. in 66, 67 liked morley safer and personally thought that was a of a piece he did about marines. but he didn't change where he could win this thing. he thought our troops can do no wrong, that in 68 and february tour of vietnam and was sick and came to believe that the johnson administration and mcnamara had been mine, other reporters had been feeling that way, but there was no quick fix to read. cronkhite cashed in if you like. they didn't do it on the evening news when he had to be mr. senate. they did a cbs news special report. walter cronkite said it sold reporter says, you know, it's a stalemate and everything went on. but frank mecca was sad was he was so obsess
. >> host: what would happen if brian williams went to marco rubio and said you have to run for president because this country is such a mess but we found out about it? >> guest: he would survive because of the blogosphere. people go crazy. he would be fancy novice mode anchor, but a complete and utter partisan figure. the reason that happened was vietnam tour country apart and away afghanistan and iraq almost did but didn't. in 66, 67 liked morley safer and personally thought that...
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now we have this young magnificent scene to be united states senator marco rubio same story. [applause] rac emigration as a great strength but we've got to tackle in a serious way the question of illega immigration. i don't have all the answers because we have a big problem with millions of people who are here unlawfully what are we going to do about how do we resolve that in a way that honors the rules law which i think who rules out just the blanket amnesty. i don't think that can be done but deals with the reality that it really is not possible to deport all those people and in some cases there are lots of people children who are born here illegal parents and so forth for whom there would be grave in justices. we have to take that seriously. we need to try to de politicize it to the extent possible and to think rationally how we are going to handle what the foundation of baseline is going to be pro immigrant, pro legal immigration. the key distinction as republicans should bear in mind the distinction between legal immigration and illegal immigration. they should be for le
now we have this young magnificent scene to be united states senator marco rubio same story. [applause] rac emigration as a great strength but we've got to tackle in a serious way the question of illega immigration. i don't have all the answers because we have a big problem with millions of people who are here unlawfully what are we going to do about how do we resolve that in a way that honors the rules law which i think who rules out just the blanket amnesty. i don't think that can be done but...
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another amendment, i've joined with senator rubio, mccaskill and whitehouse to introduce amendment 3017 to curb the out-of-pocket prescription drug costs proposed to tricare beneficiaries. the department of defense has proposed increase in co-payments for tricare beneficiaries. in some cases, co-payments could almost double or even triple. for example, under the proposal, the out-of-pocket costs for a brand-name drug picked up at a local pharmacy would more than double, increasing from $12 to $26. ensuring the fiscal soundness of tricare is critical but we should limit the burden on beneficiaries in our efforts to shore up the problem. this amendment would cush the out-of-pocket prescription drug costs proposed for tricare beneficiaries. for instance, instead of paying $26 for a brand-name drug, a tricare beneficiary would pay $17 at a retail pharmacy, a $5 increase from last year, as opposed to a $14 increase. and d.o.d. would be prohibited from instituting dramatic increases in prescription drug co-payments in future years. co-payments could only increase at the rate of the annual cos
another amendment, i've joined with senator rubio, mccaskill and whitehouse to introduce amendment 3017 to curb the out-of-pocket prescription drug costs proposed to tricare beneficiaries. the department of defense has proposed increase in co-payments for tricare beneficiaries. in some cases, co-payments could almost double or even triple. for example, under the proposal, the out-of-pocket costs for a brand-name drug picked up at a local pharmacy would more than double, increasing from $12 to...
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he has a campaign event in miami would you will be joined by marco rubio. you can see that live at 5:15 eastern also on c-span. >> the idea that we're in this together, that regardless of who we are over where we come from or how much money we have come each of us counts. and that by working together to create opportunity and a good life for all, all of us are enriched. not just in economic terms, but as citizens and as human beings. >> my opponent won't rule out raising taxes, but i will add the congress will push me to raise taxes and i will say no. and they will push and i will say no. and they will push again and i will say to them, read my lips. no new taxes. >> c-span has aired every minute of every major party convention since 1984. this year watch the republican and democratic national conventions live on c-span starting monday august 27. >> we continue now with the international aids conference. remarks and secretary of state hillary clinton. she now -- funding for battling hiv/aids saying the u.s. stands behind the goal of an aids free general soc
he has a campaign event in miami would you will be joined by marco rubio. you can see that live at 5:15 eastern also on c-span. >> the idea that we're in this together, that regardless of who we are over where we come from or how much money we have come each of us counts. and that by working together to create opportunity and a good life for all, all of us are enriched. not just in economic terms, but as citizens and as human beings. >> my opponent won't rule out raising taxes, but...
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senator rubio has an op-ed in the wall street journal that speaks to some of the points we made. i hope we will speak out until finally there will be action to save the lives of innocents. i would like to ask unanimous consent to include in the record a series of questions that opponents of our involvement rays and the answers that i would offer to those questions arguing for our involvement, coalition of the willing. >> you and secretary address the general assembly today for a special session on the violence and political unrest in syria. he reported un monitors were shot at by small arms were syrians were killed. he admitted the six point plan was not working. the secretary general and officials from the u.n. human rights office also delivered remarks. ran the age and the -- >> translator: the syrian republic. in follow up to 215 sixteenth of february of 2012 and the secretary general, his excellency -- essentially the center of arab states and the special envoy and the league of arab states his excellency kofi annan i've been simon --ivan m simonovich -- to brief an issue. i
senator rubio has an op-ed in the wall street journal that speaks to some of the points we made. i hope we will speak out until finally there will be action to save the lives of innocents. i would like to ask unanimous consent to include in the record a series of questions that opponents of our involvement rays and the answers that i would offer to those questions arguing for our involvement, coalition of the willing. >> you and secretary address the general assembly today for a special...
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space program with remarks from florida senator marco rubio calling for space exploration. sherrod brown talks about the success of orbiting the earth. newt gingrich calling for a u.s. colony on the moon, and at six eastern, stewart powell talks on the plans for nasa and what republican candidates say about the space agency. at 6:40, nasa administrator charles bolden out lines the administration's budget proposal for his agency. a look at u.s. space policy starts at 5:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> number one, no one is immune in the current situation. it's not just a euro crisis, but one that could have spillover effects around the world, and, you know, we'll hear from others, but what i have seen and what we see in numbers and in forecasts is that no country is immune and everybody has an interest in making sure this crisis is resolved. >> i have been in public service, most of which involved in public finance over four decades. let me share with you, i've never been as scared as now about the world. what's happening in europe, looking at what experience was in -- no
space program with remarks from florida senator marco rubio calling for space exploration. sherrod brown talks about the success of orbiting the earth. newt gingrich calling for a u.s. colony on the moon, and at six eastern, stewart powell talks on the plans for nasa and what republican candidates say about the space agency. at 6:40, nasa administrator charles bolden out lines the administration's budget proposal for his agency. a look at u.s. space policy starts at 5:30 p.m. eastern here on...
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we have more from the road to the white house tomorrow and senator marco rubio will speak at a fund-raising dinner in south carolina. >> even though job opportunities are scarce in this economy, it's not for nothing that you have spent this time preparing. jerry falwell senior long ago served that you don't determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him. america needs your talent and skills. >> don't accept somebody else's construction of the way things ought to be. it is up to you to right wrongs and it is up to you to point out injustice. it is up to you to hold the system accountable. sometimes offended entirely. it is up to you to stand up, to be heard, to march, to organize, to vote. we pretend to sit back and watch. >> president obama and that romney delivered commencement addresses in the past few days and you can watch them on line anytime at the c-span video library and over the next few weeks look for other commencement addresses on the c-span networks which you can clip and share at c-span.org/video library. >>
we have more from the road to the white house tomorrow and senator marco rubio will speak at a fund-raising dinner in south carolina. >> even though job opportunities are scarce in this economy, it's not for nothing that you have spent this time preparing. jerry falwell senior long ago served that you don't determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him. america needs your talent and skills. >> don't accept...
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with the president, the next month there was a bipartisan bill introduced in the senate by senator rubio of florida and senator coons of delaware, and they basically said let's find the things that both sides do agree on, can we at least get those things passed. a month later the start-up act was introduced by senator warper of virginia -- warner of virginia, again with bipartisan support. two weeks ago the president in hid state of the union out lined priorities, and last week the white house released the start-up america legislative package which was fairly detailed in the terms of some of the things that need to be done, and they've very in sync with things already brewing in the house and senate. so there really is an opportunity here, but we have to capitalize on it, focus less on press releases and more on working together to kind of forge a partnership around this legislation. so just briefly, sarbanes-oxley is a key one. as i mentioned, the aol experience is less common these days, and that's a problem because 90% of job creation happens after companies go public. so having an on
with the president, the next month there was a bipartisan bill introduced in the senate by senator rubio of florida and senator coons of delaware, and they basically said let's find the things that both sides do agree on, can we at least get those things passed. a month later the start-up act was introduced by senator warper of virginia -- warner of virginia, again with bipartisan support. two weeks ago the president in hid state of the union out lined priorities, and last week the white house...
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here's a few minutes of the hearing, starting with florida senator marco rubio. >> during the august recess, just as we finished here in early august, i, one of the things a different vacation is rented a car in washington and we drove over as we were driving home we went up 95 into florida. we spent a day at the kennedy space in order to visit and watch some of the things they put on their for visitors. i hadn't been there since i was eight years old. my parents took me there on my eighth birthday. my kids have never been there. they left their, special my 11 year-old, left their very inspired by what america has accomplished in the past, space program but i will never forget the alliance from present income his actual voice when he justifies american space ambition. he uses the example of someone who emerged from a cave a thousand years ago and said why do we go to space? the same reason why people wonder what was on the other side of that mountain. and, of course, a lot of human progress came as result of the. america's space program has been a leader in that regard. as we were le
here's a few minutes of the hearing, starting with florida senator marco rubio. >> during the august recess, just as we finished here in early august, i, one of the things a different vacation is rented a car in washington and we drove over as we were driving home we went up 95 into florida. we spent a day at the kennedy space in order to visit and watch some of the things they put on their for visitors. i hadn't been there since i was eight years old. my parents took me there on my...
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pick, take a look at the younger republican governors and senators and congressmen, paul ryan, marco rubio, chris christie, scott walker, mitch daniels, you decide whether these people have reasonable public policies and whether they're doing better for their constituents in the case of the governors in particular than the equivalence in the democratic party. >> please, barney. >> well, first, to be accused by bill speaking on behalf of the republicans of insufficient commitment to rational immigration policy is like being called silly by the three stooges. [laughter] [applause] and i mean that with no disrespect because -- [laughter] no, to the three stooges. [laughter] shep howard, shep howard born horowitz was married to my father's cousin, babe frank. so that's my -- [laughter] >> now, that's impressive. [laughter] >> we never met. but the point is that, yes, we have targeted immigration. it has been the republicans demagoguing it, including mitt romney who has moved far to the right on this. but as to the broader issues, no, i think, again, there is an extremism. this is not the reaga
pick, take a look at the younger republican governors and senators and congressmen, paul ryan, marco rubio, chris christie, scott walker, mitch daniels, you decide whether these people have reasonable public policies and whether they're doing better for their constituents in the case of the governors in particular than the equivalence in the democratic party. >> please, barney. >> well, first, to be accused by bill speaking on behalf of the republicans of insufficient commitment to...
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we certainly have in the last two, three or four years, the obama campaign and the marco rubio campaign in the scott brown campaign etc. where they acknowledge the power of the voter and the power of the activists, think we are going to start to see more of those campaigns and finally and hopefully in the next two to four years, six years, we will see kind of the whole idea of how you campaign can change around the construct. >> all the social networks work together. about 400 links to youtube videos are tweeted every minute i believe. an astounding number of video youtube's shared on facebook so it's not focusing on one of the other but getting it out there and using all of the social networks to share then make it go viral. >> it's an integrated campaign. you take the debate last night for example. so you would have had in real-time people tweeting about the debate and talking about in real time. people might've heard something about mitt romney's tax returns or something and they may have searched for it and then a clip about how he responded to the question at the beginning. somebod
we certainly have in the last two, three or four years, the obama campaign and the marco rubio campaign in the scott brown campaign etc. where they acknowledge the power of the voter and the power of the activists, think we are going to start to see more of those campaigns and finally and hopefully in the next two to four years, six years, we will see kind of the whole idea of how you campaign can change around the construct. >> all the social networks work together. about 400 links to...
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space program with remarks from florida, senator marco rubio calling for a renewed effort at space exploration. at 5:40 that is ohio senator sherrod brown honors the 50th anniversary of john glenn becoming the first american to orbit the earth. at 5:50 this afternoon, newt gingrich campaigning in florida where he called for a permanent u.s. colony on the moon. and at 6:00 eastern stewart powell on the houston chronicle on the obama's administration plan for nasa and what republican presidential candidates are saying about the space agency. and coming up at 6:40 this afternoon nasa administrator charles bolden outlines the administration's budget proposal for his agency. a look at space policy begins again at 5:30 eastern right here on c-span2. and with the house and senate on break this week, we're featuring booktv programming in prime time here on c-span2. tonight, books highlighting african-american lives. starting at 8:00 eastern, henry lewis gates, jr., with life upon these shores. looking at african-american history 1513-2008. at 8:40 connie rice who is the cousin of former secretary of s
space program with remarks from florida, senator marco rubio calling for a renewed effort at space exploration. at 5:40 that is ohio senator sherrod brown honors the 50th anniversary of john glenn becoming the first american to orbit the earth. at 5:50 this afternoon, newt gingrich campaigning in florida where he called for a permanent u.s. colony on the moon. and at 6:00 eastern stewart powell on the houston chronicle on the obama's administration plan for nasa and what republican presidential...
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after hearing about this issue many times, i got together last fall with my colleague, senator rubio, to craft a solution. we found bipartisan agreement on this and six other issues which we included in our joint legislation, the so-called "agree to" act. that legislation was chockful of job-creating proposals designed to encourage more of our colleagues to come together on this sort of bipartisan jobs legislation we can and should move to. in the case of encouraging i.p.o.'s, that's exactly what's happened. senator schumer and toomey have also picked up this particular proposal and moved further along with it. then on the house side, my longtime friend and fellow del delawarean worked with his colleague to write and pass legislation on this exact issue, whicwhich has now come to us ast of this jobs package, h.r. 3606. i want to congratulate congressman carney who became the first freshman congressman in the house to pass a major piece of legislation. as you heard senator landrieu speak just a few moments ago, and as several senators have raised today and last week, in providing this
after hearing about this issue many times, i got together last fall with my colleague, senator rubio, to craft a solution. we found bipartisan agreement on this and six other issues which we included in our joint legislation, the so-called "agree to" act. that legislation was chockful of job-creating proposals designed to encourage more of our colleagues to come together on this sort of bipartisan jobs legislation we can and should move to. in the case of encouraging i.p.o.'s, that's...
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the good news also is there is a bill that was introduced, a bipartisan way by senator rubio who will be here in the morning, and senator warner, senator moran of kansas that builds on the job, deals with high skilled immigration, deals with some the issues around regulation, some of the issue on the commercialization of research. we now have to focus on passing this. if we take that step and keep celebrating the work of entrepreneurs, creating these industries i'm confident we will remain the most prosperous nation. have these battles, while we are having these discussions other nations are racing forward. there's a reason to be concerned but i look at maybe optimistically as transit and say that glass is half-full. but only if we act -- >> tran one has been a optimist in me say to the chance. you're an optimist. can invite some pessimism, doug? >> i am fundamentally optimistic. now living in this town i drink every night. [laughter] we have big problems. i'm a budget guy but if you think about the structure of the budget which reflects the structure of the values that have been in t
the good news also is there is a bill that was introduced, a bipartisan way by senator rubio who will be here in the morning, and senator warner, senator moran of kansas that builds on the job, deals with high skilled immigration, deals with some the issues around regulation, some of the issue on the commercialization of research. we now have to focus on passing this. if we take that step and keep celebrating the work of entrepreneurs, creating these industries i'm confident we will remain the...
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florida senator marco rubio will introduce the candidate mitt romney and during the convention also hear from the new hampshire senator, the louisiana governor bobby jindal, virginia governor bob mcdonough and ohio senator robert portman. the convention gets underway in tampa of one week from today in and the democratic national convention begins the following weekend bouck to goods of the national character and leadership symposium. 20 years after his first campaign for president he talked to them about lessons from his life and business in the military. he will hear stories from the medal of honor winners from viet nam and the treen war. this event is about 50 minutes focus. >> ladies and gentlemen, it is my privilege to introduce to you and exceptional leader of character and a great businessman and a man of integrity. he served in the navy after graduating from annapolis and has continued to serve our nation as a civilian leader character. he has received many honors and putting a medal for distinguished public service, the highest civilian honor and the department of defense and the
florida senator marco rubio will introduce the candidate mitt romney and during the convention also hear from the new hampshire senator, the louisiana governor bobby jindal, virginia governor bob mcdonough and ohio senator robert portman. the convention gets underway in tampa of one week from today in and the democratic national convention begins the following weekend bouck to goods of the national character and leadership symposium. 20 years after his first campaign for president he talked to...
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clandestine operations were often, as i wrote with senator coats and rubio in "the washington post," highly perishable and they depend on hundreds of hours of painstaking work and the ability to get foreigners to trust our government. i strongly believe that these leakers are also violating the trust of the most important constituency of all: the american people. even more troubling is that there appears to be a pattern that these stories and leaks, they may be designed to make the administration look good on national security. it used to be that the good stuff was buried by t media and the worst was run. not anymore. the truth be told, rarely have i seen a story that paints this administration in a bad light. then when we're about to, the administration invokes executive privilege. they can do that. that's okay. but there's a big difference between invoke executive privilege or not producing documents for fast and furious and relosing classified -- releasing classified information that puts at risk individuals who are embedded in terrorist organizations who are doing their job to ke
clandestine operations were often, as i wrote with senator coats and rubio in "the washington post," highly perishable and they depend on hundreds of hours of painstaking work and the ability to get foreigners to trust our government. i strongly believe that these leakers are also violating the trust of the most important constituency of all: the american people. even more troubling is that there appears to be a pattern that these stories and leaks, they may be designed to make the...